Days 2, 3, and 4

I am behind. Let me catch up. Tuesday, Day 2 of Orientation, was Team Day. The class had completed StrengthsQuest, on online assessment that determined their top 5 strengths out of a possible 34. The day looked like this:

8:00 StrengthsQuest summary
10:00 Break
10:15 Team building activity
12:30 Lunch
1:30 How to present a case
2:00 Presentation pointers
2:30 Dismissed

This was a very fun day. It began with relevant information regarding personal strengths. This helped students better understand themselves and also provided important information to allow them to work better in teams. The day flowed smoothly into a team activity.

Day 3 was spent working in teams on a case presentation.

Day 4, today, was the Case Competition. The class was divided into 12 teams. Three teams advanced to the finals. The winner of the 2012 MBA Orientation Case Competition was Team K - Thibault Vittet, Amberle Morgan, Mark Eastham. The case used was a Google case so here they are with their Google Championship Belts (complete with spinning "G"). I will post more photos next week.


Tomorrow is Retail Immersion day. We will start bright and early in the morning at 7:30. We'll load onto a bus and head to a Walmart distribution center. Lunch will follow and then the day will be capped by a visit to a local, major Walmart vendor. More to follow next week.

The University will be closed on Monday, January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.